Tuesday, July 10, 2007
PHILLIES NEWS
The All-star game was tonight and as mentioned 3 Phillies took part in it. Chase Utley started at second base and went 0 for 2, Cole Hamels pitched a scoreless 4th inning in relief, and Aaron Rowand came off the bench in the 8th and went 0 for 2, flying out with 2 out in the bottom of the 9th, the bases loaded, and the National League trailing 5-4. In other words Rowand blew chance to become a Phillies legend, and the National League lost its 11th all-star game in a row. Which of course means, that if the Phils somehow reach the World Series, they will not have the home field advantage.
SIXERS NEWS
The Sixers continued summer league play and actually won for a change, as Rodney Carney scored 30 points, and Louis Williams continued his hot play with 29 points. It's too bad no one cares about the Sixers right now.
Monday, July 09, 2007
PHILLIES NEWS
The Phils remain on their all star break, but one Phil working today was Ryan Howard who participated in the all-star game homerun derby, in defense of the title he won last year, despite not scoring an invite to tomorrow's all star game, although 3 other Phillies did,(Chase Utley will start at second, Aaron Rowand will come off the bench, and Cole Hamels will come out of the bullpen). Anyway, Howard didn't quite do so well this year, hitting only 3 homers and failing to advance to the 2nd round, while the new homerun derby champ wound up being the Angels Vlad Guerrero. Better luck next time big guy.
SIXERS NEWS
The Sixers continued summer league play today, and yeah they lost again, but again who cares. Anyway, Louis Williams dazzled again with 23 points 9 rebounds, and 7 assists. Thaddeus Young also chipped in with 15 points and 11 rebounds, and Jason Smith scored 12, while pulling down 10 rebounds. Also Rodney Carney chipped in with 19 points.
Sunday, July 08, 2007
PHILLIES NEWS
Today marked the Phils final game before the all-star break, and it was a big one, considering the Phils needed it to get back to the .500 mark for the break. For the first time in the series the Phils actually fell behind early 3-0, but the like Rockies in the last 2 games they rallied back. In the 3rd Chase Utley and Ryan Howard delivered consecutive 2 out RBI singles to cut the lead to 3-2. After Colorado put the lead back up to 4-2 in the bottom of the inning, Pat Burrell hit a solo homer and Jimmy Rollins delivered yet another 2 out RBI single to tie it at 4-4 in the 4th. In the 6th Jimmy Rollins delivered another 2 out RBI single to put the Phils up 5-4. Of course at that point another rain delay ensued, and things got a bit wild. The wind picked up incredibly as the rains came and the grounds crew couldn't get the tarp down, as it blew over on top of some of them. Suddenly, the Phillies players, 17 of them, and coaches came running out onto the field to help out, and they did so, freeing the guys stuck under the tarp and weighting it down with beanbags until it was finally in place. When the delay ended the Phils were rewarded for their efforts with a little good karma, if you will. In the 7th Shane Victorino hit a 2 run homer to put the Phils up 7-4. Then in the 8th Ryan Howard put the Phils up for good, 8-4, with a sac fly. Ryan Madson then came in and retired the Rockies in the 8th and 9th innings for the win. So at the break the Phils are 44-44, 4.5 games behind the Mets for first and 2.5 games behind the Braves for 2nd. Life is thus beautiful again.
Saturday, July 07, 2007
PHILLIES NEWS
Just like last night the Phils got off to a quick start in Colorado, with Jimmy Rollins leading off with his 100th career homerun, and Ryan Howard hitting a 2 run homer, as Phils scored 3 runs in the 1st inning for a 3-0 lead. Unfortunately, just then after Howard's homer the game was halted by rain for 1 hour and 22 minutes and it washed away the Phils momentum. The Phils did not score again for the rest of the game while starter Jamie Moyer, after allowing only 1 run in the 1st 4 innings, was touched up for 4 in his final inning and 2/3rds of work, including a 2 run homer by Ryan Spillborghs in the 5th inning. The Phils bullpen couldn't do much better, allowing another run in the 7th, and before you knew it Colorado was ahead 6-3. It quickly ended like that as the Phils went down in order in the 8th and 9th innings. So the Phils are now back under .500 at 43-44 and 5.5 games behind the Mets who won a marathon 17 inning game over the Astros. Fortunately, the Braves lost, so the Phils are still only 2.5 games out of 2nd, but Life still sucks again anyway.
SIXERS NEWS
The Sixers recently began summer league play, in which all of their top younger players get to show off their skills. Currently their record in league play is 1-1 but who cares about that. Big thing right now, is the performance so far, of Louis Williams who scored 32 points in the Sixers last game. Top draft pick Thaddeus Young added 11, and Jason Smith, their second 1st round pick, chipped in with 7 points and 8 rebounds.
Friday, July 06, 2007
PHILLIES NEWS
Rookie sensation Kyle Kendrick got the start tonight and came up with another sterling performance against the Rockies, going 6 innings, and allowing just 3 runs on 10 hits. Meanwhile, the Phils potent offense pounded out 6 runs on 12 hits, off Rockies starter Steve Francis. Jimmy Rollins and Aaron Rowand both hit ground rule doubles and the Phils scored 3 runs in the first. In the second, Shane Victorino doubled and scored on a single by Ryan Howard. Howard later attempted to score on a double by Aaron Rowand, but he was thrown out at home, a moment that would later comeback to haunt the Phils. In the 5th Aaron Rowand, doubled again, Pat Burrell walked, and Wes Helms doubled to score both. Thus, as the bottom of the 6th began the Phils lead 6-1, and Kendrick was dealing. After two quick outs though, he allowed 3 straight singles, and the Rockies scored twice, to cut the lead to 6-3. Kendrick struck out Jeff Baker to end it there, but the damage had been done. Kendrick's day was now over, but the adventure was now beginning for the Phils bullpen. After Kendrick left the game, 5 count em, 5 Phils relievers were used, but none of them could stop the Rockies. They scored a single run in the 7th, 8th, and 9th innings to tie it at 6. Of course, if Ryan Howard had not been thrown at home in the 2nd, that still would only have been good enough for them to lose 7-6, but Howard was thrown out and Rockies pushed the game into extra innings. Somehow the Phils kept it tied until the 11th, but there J.D Durbin allowed a one out walk to Garret Atkins and single to Brad Hawpe, putting the winning run on second with only one out. With two outs, Yorvit Torrealba singled and Atkins scored to win it for Colorado 7-6. So the Phils are back to .500 at 43-43, but still only 4.5 games behind the Mets for first, and 2.5 behind the Braves for 3rd. Thus, life sucks again.
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